Grear Rhino The body and the painting of the babirusa are also great! Just the legs are a little bit to short .The tortoise lookd good, is it Lonesome George?

Thanks. I know about the legs, I would have fixed them If I had known about it earlier. The one in the picture I was using had its elbows bent giving the illusion of short legs. I'll probably do another sometime, as there are numerous things I don't like about this one. The tortoise, is not meant to be Lonesome George. I thought it would be a good idea to make a less popular subspecies, as George was an Abingdon Island tortoise, and mine is a Hood island tortoise. There isn't much difference between them, though.

Geospiza fortis

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Subject: Re: Geospiza fortis' Animal Models Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:46 pm

He's finally finished!I don't like the non-textured area between the underside and flanks, but there's not much I can do about that now. Another piece of good news- I've, after a while of waiting, made it possible to use these in a school project. Now, I just have to finish my bison pair...

So young and so talented, I really find your rhino a very wonderful piece. I am sure you'll improve a lot, mainly with folded areas and the different details and textures we can find in a rhino body. Though, what we can see is impressive and your rhino has a powerful looking that I like a lot.

Thanks both of you. Roger, as for what you said, I have improved more than I had expected over the past year alone. It gets frustrating though, as I worked out a new texturing technique before I even finished painting my rhino. Here's the tortoise, on which I was working on skin texture:Here are my bison and bear as well:I'm just about ready to texture the bison, I just have a few more adjustments to make, one of which is the first and last digits on each foot. Does anyone know just how to make a woolly texture? I've been trying various methods, nothing seems to be quite right.

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Thanks both of you. Roger, as for what you said, I have improved more than I had expected over the past year alone. It gets frustrating though, as I worked out a new texturing technique before I even finished painting my rhino.

I am sorry, I didn't want to cause you any kind of frustration. Your work is formidable and I am not even able of making a constructive comment, much more a great sculpture as you do. I mean only that your figure would improve with more visible folded parts and with texture, yours look great, but this technic would probably work better in an elephant. If you notice, while yours looks more or less uniforme, you will see that in the picture below of a real rhino, areas like shoulders and neck have different textures, in fact it is more wrinkled in neck area than in shoulder area, for example. ABout folds, I mean the bottom of the neck and brest, and maybe also between sholder and leg. Less plain flanks would also help. But the work is magnificent. Your great bison, will also look surely better, if you find a deep contrast between woolly and sparse fur areas.

Thanks both of you. Roger, as for what you said, I have improved more than I had expected over the past year alone. It gets frustrating though, as I worked out a new texturing technique before I even finished painting my rhino.

I am sorry, I didn't want to cause you any kind of frustration. Your work is formidable and I am not even able of making a constructive comment, much more a great sculpture as you do. I mean only that your figure would improve with more visible folded parts and with texture, yours look great, but this technic would probably work better in an elephant. If you notice, while yours looks more or less uniforme, you will see that in the picture below of a real rhino, areas like shoulders and neck have different textures, in fact it is more wrinkled in neck area than in shoulder area, for example. ABout folds, I mean the bottom of the neck and brest, and maybe also between sholder and leg. Less plain flanks would also help. But the work is magnificent. Your great bison, will also look surely better, if you find a deep contrast between woolly and sparse fur areas.

I am sorry, I didn't mean to blame anything on you. I was only thinking critically of my own work. You are more than capable of making a good constructive comment. I agree completely with what you said, and, when the time comes, I will use it if I were to make another rhino. As for elephants, I have decided to make one soon. I probably won't start it for a while, though.

Thank you, Roger, and everyone else as well for the supportive comments.

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Subject: Re: Geospiza fortis' Animal Models Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:09 pm

Geospiza fortis wrote:

I am sorry, I didn't mean to blame anything on you. I was only thinking critically of my own work. You are more than capable of making a good constructive comment. I agree completely with what you said, and, when the time comes, I will use it if I were to make another rhino. As for elephants, I have decided to make one soon. I probably won't start it for a while, though.

Thank you, Roger, and everyone else as well for the supportive comments.

Great! It is good that you are exigent with your own works, it will help you a lot to be better and better. It is a joy to see all your talent developing and the beautiful figures you're doing.

Thank you Carola, 4U, and Bonobo! I realised I haven't checked this thread in a while. The bison is very near to being finished, and the bear has already been baked. I have a question, however. Is there a variety of paint which is best to use? I use Reeve's Acrylic paints and they seem a little too glossy.

Your models I like very much. They are getting better and better. You're going in the right direction.

Shanti

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Subject: Re: Geospiza fortis' Animal Models Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:44 pm

Stunning!!

bjarki12

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Subject: Re: Geospiza fortis' Animal Models Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:33 am

Your bison is looking wonderful so far, Geospiza! Can't wait to see it finished!

Geospiza fortis

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Subject: Re: Geospiza fortis' Animal Models Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:56 am

Thank you for your positive comments! I just got her out of the oven- she's cracked. Does anyone have experience fixing cracks? I covered it with Super sculpey and textured it again, but the crack was still there.

Defteros

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Subject: Re: Geospiza fortis' Animal Models Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:55 am

Geospiza fortis wrote:

Thank you for your positive comments! I just got her out of the oven- she's cracked. Does anyone have experience fixing cracks? I covered it with Super sculpey and textured it again, but the crack was still there.

There's no use in using sculpey to fix cracks in already baked pieces because it just won't bond, so avoid that. I used epoxy putty like the one used for plumbing to repair cracks in my cape buffalo head and it looks fine to me. I've read that you can use a piece of baked sculpey, grind it or use a nail file to create dust from it, then mix the sculpey dust with epoxy glue to create a paste that you can use to fill cracks and then just wait for it to harden, no need to rebake.Good luck!

Geospiza fortis

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Subject: Re: Geospiza fortis' Animal Models Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:58 am

Thank you. I guess I'll get some plumber's putty, then! The last time I filled cracks it was with silicone. This will definitely be better.

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Subject: Re: Geospiza fortis' Animal Models Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:00 pm

Probably too late but you can also try to use superglue and baking soda.

I just started a lion this weekend, sorry for the bad picture, I only had a second earlier to take it:And my tortoise has been baked:And so has my bear:I haven't painted any of these yet, as I haven't gotten to the store to find new paints yet. Also, as for my school project, you can expect to see these species:Przewalski's HorseAndean Bear (still unpainted)Hood Island Tortoise (unpainted)King CobraLion (started sculpting)Brazilian tapir (nearly finished sculpting)Babirusa (needs a re-make)Bongo (Started armature)Dromedary Camel (started armature)Temminck's TragopanBlue peafowlIndian Elephant (endcap)That list as probably for more my reference than anything... , but I thought I'd post it anyway.